Nursing as a human science centered care

Authors

  • Lucas Pereira de Melo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas, Caicó RN , Brazil, Enfermeiro. Doutor. Professor Adjunto. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas. Caicó, RN - Brasil., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/1415-2762.20160049

Keywords:

Nursing, Philosophy, Nursing, Scientific Domains, Culture

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss the relationship between care, and culture to build a perspective of nursing as a human science centered care. This study is a theoretical and reflexive analysis of the concepts of care, culture, and their ontological and epistemological implications for nursing. From the care definition, and discussion of its dimensions, and its relationship with the anthropological concept of culture. The theoretical framework employed was Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory of Madeleine Leininger. Then nursing is presented as a human science of the nature of its central object: the care. It is concluded that it is necessary to defend a view of nursing as a human science given the nature of its central and unifying domain: caring.

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2017-05-04

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Nursing as a human science centered care. REME Rev Min Enferm. [Internet]. 2017 May 4 [cited 2025 Dec. 25];20. Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50037